Kalpana Fitzpatrick is an award-winning financial journalist and author. She has written several money books for children and adults, which Includes A Guide to...Money - part of the Big Cat series published by HarperCollins, Invest Now: The simple guide to boosting your finances, and Get to Know Money. Kalpana is passionate about financial education and often gives talks at schools, universities and workplaces. As a money expert she also often appears on TV and radio.
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Hi Lo Reader
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Discover the fascinating world of money! Find out why it plays an important role in our lives, see how we make money and grow money and delve into the history about how it all started in this non-fiction book by Kalpana Fitzpatrick. Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. Pages 54 and 55 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.